At 9:32 a.m. the swing arms move away and a plume of flame signals the liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." -Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon.
The Apollo 11 space flight landed the first humans on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969. The mission is considered a major accomplishment in human exploration and represented a victory by the U.S. in the Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union.
Crew
Position
Astronaut
Commander
Neil Alden Armstrong
Second spaceflight
Command Module Pilot
Michael Collins
Second spaceflight
Lunar Module Pilot
Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Second spaceflight
Each crewmember of Apollo 11 had made a spaceflight before this mission, making it the third all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history.
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
-Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon.
The Apollo 11 space flight landed the first humans on Earth's moon on July 20, 1969. The mission is considered a major accomplishment in human exploration and represented a victory by the U.S. in the Cold War Space Race with the Soviet Union.
Crew
Second spaceflight
Second spaceflight
Second spaceflight
Each crewmember of Apollo 11 had made a spaceflight before this mission, making it the third all-veteran crew in manned spaceflight history.